Blackfriars Securities (Brighton) Limited
Registered name: BLACKFRIARS SECURITIES (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
Part of Cromwell Holdings Limited groupBlackfriars Securities (Brighton) Limited made £299k revenue and £183k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Blackfriars Securities (Brighton) Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £299k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £183k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Bagshot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bagshot, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £299k | £308k | £299k |
| Gross profit | £299k | £308k | £299k |
| Operating profit | £239k | £223k | £209k |
| Profit before tax | £94.2k | £254k | £242k |
| Profit after tax | £82.7k | £149k | £183k |
| Profit (best available) | £82.7k | £149k | £183k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 27.6% | 48.5% | 61.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.8k | £103k | £99.8k |
| Profit per employee | £27.6k | £49.7k | £61k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.3% | ▲22.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £72.4k | £94.8k | £74k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £75.4k | £75.9k | £76k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 61.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1393%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 601.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲4%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £74k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £76k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £4.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cromwell Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cromwell (2003) Limited75–100%
- Blackfriars Securities (Brighton) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Greenfield Property Developments LimitedRev. £792k · Profit £1.6k
- Cromwell (Egham) LimitedRev. £599k · Profit £124k
- Precious Metal Coin Company LimitedRev. £421k · Profit £72k
- Cromwell (Wandsworth) LimitedRev. £336k · Profit £462k
- Richmond Securities LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £183k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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